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🌱 Apartment Complex Fire + Carjacked SUV With Kids Inside

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor

Hey, people of New Orleans! It's me again, Shannon Denney, your host of the New Orleans Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and warmer. High: 71 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in New Orleans today:

  1. A man jumped overboard from a cruise ship headed to New Orleans while it was passing by Costa Maya, Mexico, has not yet been found. (WBRZ)
  2. A New Orleans East carjacker stole an SUV on Saturday while two children were still inside it. The children were found safe and unharmed after they were abandoned at the intersection of Annette and Prieur streets and the car was recovered 30 minutes after the incident began.(WDSU New Orleans)
  3. NOFD battled a massive fire at New Orleans East apartment complex for the third time this year. The fire destroyed a 24 unit building and displaced many of its residents. (WDSU New Orleans)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Shannon Denney

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